Reaching out to Romania This June, Maggie Charpentier, Clinical Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, traveled to Romania to provide an invited presentation on pain management and medications used in Palliative Care, along with a University of Rhode Island contingent from the College of Nursing, and a group from Simmons College. Faculty from The University of […]
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Angela Olenik receives the APhA-ASP Student Leadership Award The award will be presented to Ms. Olenik, at the APhA-ASP Awards Ceremony during the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in March. The award recognizes four students across the nation who demonstrate leadership within APhA-ASP while maintaining academic excellence. Ms. Olenik was nominated by Dr. Brett Feret, […]
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Holiday Cheer For the third year in a row, Kappa Psi brothers new and old have come together to spread some holiday cheer while doing something wonderful for the community in our Caroling for Cans event. Walking around South County neighborhoods going door to door to sing out of tune versions of such classics as […]
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College Event Promotes Career Opportunities in Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Research On October 25, 2011 the URI College of Pharmacy’s student chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) held an alumni networking event to provide students with the opportunity to interact with graduates of the College’s program in Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, and to […]
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This past summer I participated in the New York Stem Cell Undergraduate research program (NY Stem) at Stony Brook University. As a part of the program each student was assigned a different lab to work in, and I was thrilled when I found out that I would be working in Dr. Emily Chen’s laboratory in […]
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You will soon be reading and referencing The Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Residents. Founded by Bryan C. McCarthy, Jr., Pharm.D., class of 2010, the goal of the journal is to enhance the pharmacy student awareness of the value of residency training. This peer-reviewed scholarly journal will celebrate the contributions pharmacy residents make in practice as […]
Continue reading "Dr. Bryan C. McCarthy, Jr. ’10 Thinks Big"KINGSTON, R.I. — October 12, 2011 – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy is taking part in a national competition titled Script Your Future Medication Adherence Advocacy Challenge for the month of October. Students will be competing to find the best methods for advocating medication adherence to the public, especially those with chronic […]
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On Friday September 24th, 2013, Tracey Taveira received the CDOE (Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educators) pharmacist educator of the year award at the Annual CDOE Symposium. Following the award was a speech about all of Tracey’s accomplishments as a pharmacist diabetes educator.
Continue reading "CDOE pharmacist educator of the year"Technology-enabled pharmacists to make house calls KINGSTON, R.I., July 21, 2011 – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy is pairing home visits from pharmacists with the latest technology, providing instant access to a patient’s medical history and medications, all in an effort to reduce hospital re-admissions. The Center for Technology and Aging has […]
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KINGSTON, R.I. – June 24, 2011 – Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Erica Estus was recently awarded the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Leadership in Education Award for her work with pharmacy students and older adults. Estus – who received the award at the society’s conference in Las Vegas in May – titled her project […]
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